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22%OFFHerta Nagl-Docekal (Ed.) - Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective: Re-Reading the Canon in German - 9780271019642 - V9780271019642
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Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective: Re-Reading the Canon in German

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Description for Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective: Re-Reading the Canon in German Paperback. Editor(s): Klinger, Cornelia (Permanent Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria); Nagl-Docekal, Herta (Professor of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria). Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.

"We translate what American women write, they never translate our texts," wrote Helene Cixous almost two decades ago. Her complaint about the unavailability of French feminist writing in English has long since been rectified, but the situation for feminist writing by German-speaking philosophers remains today what it was then. This pioneering collection takes a giant step forward to overcoming this handicap, revealing the full richness and variety of feminist critique ongoing in this linguistic community. The essays offer fresh readings of thinkers from the Enlightenment to the present, including those often discussed by feminists everywhere—such as Freud, Habermas, Hegel, Kant, ... Read more

In their Introduction the editors provide the context for understanding both how these essays fit into the larger picture of developing feminist theory and what makes their contribution in some ways distinctive.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271019642
SKU
V9780271019642
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About Herta Nagl-Docekal (Ed.)
Cornelia Klinger is a Permanent Fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Herta Nagl-Dockal is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna.

Reviews for Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective: Re-Reading the Canon in German
“Herta Nagl-Docekal’s and Cornelia Klinger’s long-awaited anthology brings together in translation some of the leading feminist philosophers in the German-speaking countries. Despite the increasing ‘internationalization’ of feminist philosophy, in fact it is Anglo-American and French feminists who have won the battles for translation. This book is an important counterbalance to this tendency, and another step toward creating an international ... Read more

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